Iannis Xenakis
This event will take place in Het Hem, a former munitions factory that has been converted into a cultural space. A number of electroacoustic pieces will be performed, including Orient-Occident, composed in 1960 by Iannis Xenakis. Information and reservations: https://www.sonicacts.com/biennial/biennial-2022/programme/inner-earth/acousmonium-friday
For the centenary of birth of the composer, the Queen Elisabeth Hall of the Southbank Centre of London will host two concerts on October 8th with Xenakis’ music. 1st concert at 1.30 pm: Xenakis: Architect of Sound Performers London Sinfonietta Geoffrey Paterson conductor Mark van de Wiel clarinet Repertoire Xenakis: O-Mega for percussion & ensemble; Palimpsest for 11 instruments; Echange […]
A day full of events in homage to the composer-architect during the festival from 6 to 16 October in Bayonne. Tribute to Iannis Xenakis, meeting hosted by Denis Laborde Screening of the documentary Xenakis Révolution: Le bâtisseur du son, by Stéphen Ghez Talk with Mâkhi Xenakis, artist, daughter of Iannis and Françoise Xenakis, co-curator of […]
This free concert will take place in the Main Building – Grand Auditorium of the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisboa. Gulbenkian ChoirTomás Moital Original Concept / PercussionFrancisco Cipriano PercussionPedro Tavares PercussionPierre Carré Computer Music / Lights DesignerInês Tavares Lopes Conductor of the Gulbenkian ChoirNoeli Kikuchi, Cire Ndiaye, Tomás Moital and Mavá José Reciters Iannis XenakisRebonds (A-B)OkhoPsapphaVoyage […]
The Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra will perform two iconic pieces from Iannis Xenakis’ repertoire: Anastenaria and Pithoprakta. Works by Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen will also be performed. Information and reservations: https://gulbenkian.pt/musica/en/agenda/xenakis-centenary/
Revealed in 2017 by the Victoires de la musique classique, 25-year-old percussionist Adelaïde Ferrière performs regularly as a soloist as well as in chamber music. With her impressive marimba, her incredible touch and her four sticks in hand, she will be one of the outstanding figures of this edition of the Bel-Air Claviers Festival. She […]
“On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the great artist Iannis Xenakis – composer, architect and engineer – will happen the event “100 Years of Xenakis”. The event will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 7 pm. Iannis Xenakis was born on 29 May 1922 in Brăila, Romania, to a Greek family and […]
As part of the “Rentrée des chœurs” festival which will take place from 9 to 12 September in Marseille and the surrounding area, Xenakis’ work Oresteïa, composed in the mid-1960s, will be performed at La Croisière in Arles on 12 September. Free entrance. MusicatreizeEnsemble unitedberlinMaîtrise du Conservatoire de MarseilleLe choeur Meridiem Borealis Roland Hayrabedian, directionPatrice […]
The Shizuoka Concert Hall will host the Arditti Quartet who will perform several works from the Xenakian repertoire. Address: Concert Hall Shizuoka (1-9 Kurogane-cho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-city, Japan) St-4 for string quartet Tetras for string quartet Dikhthas for violin and piano Ikhoor string trio Akea for piano quintet Artists: The Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti (1st Vn.), […]
Persephassa for Six Percussionists Ballet music “Kranerg” for orchestra and tape (1969)Kraanerg Ballet Music for Orchestra and Tape * In “Kranerg”, acoustic speakers are placed so as to surround the audience seats. Klangform Wien Conductor: Emilio Pomarico Percussion instruments: Isao Nakamura / Yoshiko Kanda / Klangform Vienna members, etc. * Sponsored by: Austrian Embassy / Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo https://www.suntory.co.jp/suntoryhall/feature/summer2022/producer.html